Bala Cove Marina has been keeping Bala on the water for over 20 years. This full-service marina sits on the shore of Bala Bay, and it’s the kind of place that does a bit of everything — boat rentals for visitors, boat sales as an authorized Princecraft dealer, mechanical servicing, premium gas, seasonal mooring and winter storage.
The rental fleet is the big draw for tourists: bowriders for speed and watersports, pontoons for lazy family cruises, plus fishing boats and personal watercraft. It’s an easy way for cottagers and day-trippers to get out on Lake Muskoka without owning a boat. For locals, the marina offers seasonal mooring slips, indoor storage barns that house over a hundred boats through the winter, shrink-wrapping, and a full mechanical shop handling everything from oil changes to engine rebuilds.
There’s also an on-site custom upholstery shop — a handy specialty for refreshing tired boat interiors — plus car and trailer parking, transient dockage for boaters passing through, and even a water taxi service around Bala Bay. Open daily through the season, Bala Cove is a working marina first and foremost, but for visitors it’s also the simplest front door to a day on the water in the Cranberry Capital.